sain t-gobain annu al report 2008 annual report

Portugal
Saint-Gobain Glass Portugal: construction glass,
construction glass products, glass for household appliances.
Sales: €80.8 million. Employees: 129. Subsidiaries: Covipor-CIA
Vidreira do Norte, Covilis and EVI-Pruducao de Energia:
construction glass products. Sales: €54.6 million.
Employees: 199.
Saint-Gobain Sekurit Portugal Vidro Automovel:
automotive glass products. Sales: €58.7 million. Employees:
284. Subsidiary: Autover Lusa (60%): replacement automotive
glass distribution.
Saint-Gobain Abrasivos Lda: abrasives distribution.
Employees: 39.
Saint-Gobain Mondego: glass containers (bottles
and industrial jars). Sales: €82.7 million. Employees: 237.
UNITED KINGDOM, REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa
€1 = ZAR 12.066
Saint-Gobain Abrasives South Africa: bonded abrasives,
superabrasives and grinding wheels. Sales: ZAR 73.6 million.
Employees: 177.
Saint-Gobain Isover South Africa: insulation products.
Sales: ZAR 288.4 million. Employees: 408.
BPB Gypsum (Pty) Ltd: plaster, plasterboard and ceiling
tiles. Sales: ZAR 1.08 billion. Employees: 454.
Donn Products Pty: plasterboard and ceiling tiles.
Sales: ZAR 367.7 million. Employees: 109.
Saint-Gobain Pipelines South Africa: cast-iron parts.
Sales: ZAR 238.2 million. Employees: 370.
Republic of Ireland
Chemfab Holding: Subsidiaries: Chemfab Ireland Ltd
and Saint-Gobain PPL Ireland: PTFE and silicone-coated
fabrics, adhesive tapes. Sales: €19.5 million. Employees: 73.
Glasuld Ireland: insulation products.
Moy-Isover Ltd: insulation products. Sales: €13 million.
Employees: 12.
Gypsum Industries Ltd Ireland: plaster, plasterboard
and ceiling tiles. Sales: €87.9 million. Employees: 233.
United Kingdom
€1 = GBP 0.797
Solaglas Ltd: construction glass products manufacturing
and distribution (tempered glass, laminated glass, mirrors,
insulating glass). Network of 31 sites, including 9 production
facilities, throughout the UK. Sales: GBP 157 million.
Employees: 1,544. These figures comprise all Solaglas Ltd
subsidiaries, including: Hayes Group, Dockrell Glass Group:
construction glass products; Thermax, Birmingham Build:
automotive and construction glass products; Saint-Gobain
Glass Ltd: UK distributor for Flat Glass division and Packaging
Sector products.
Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Plc: holding company.
Subsidiaries:
Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics Ltd: high-temperature
insulating fiber and refractory products. Employees: 57.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corby and Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics Tygaflor Ltd: heat-resistant hose,
tubing and bundles for beverage-dispensing applications.
Employees: 50.
Saint-Gobain Quartz Plc: silica parts for the chemical
industry, fused quartz for the semi-conductor industry,
optical fiber, infrared heaters and laboratory equipment.
Sales: GBP 10.2 million. Employees: 27.
Abrasives Plc: Subsidiary: Saint-Gobain Abrasives Ltd.
Sales: GBP 51.7 million. Employees: 354. bonded and coated
abrasives, superabrasives (through various subsidiaries).
Saint-Gobain Plc: holding company. Subsidiaries:
Saint-Gobain Glass UK Ltd: flat glass and flat glass
products. Sales: GBP 84.3 million. Employees: 195.
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics UK Ltd.
Saint-Gobain Insulation UK. Subsidiary: British Gypsum
Isover: insulation products. Sales: GBP 49.9 million.
Employees: 161.
British Plaster Board (Bpb Plc): plasterboard,
construction plaster and other specialty plasters. Sales:
GBP 453.2 million. Employees (including subsidiaries): 1,651.
Saint-Gobain PAM Ltd: ductile cast-iron pipes
and hydraulic connectors for water and sewer networks;
hydraulic valves; cast-iron and steel municipal castings,
cast-iron construction products. Sales: GBP 119.2 million.
Employees: 487. Associated company: Stanton Bonna Concrete
Ltd (20%): concrete pipes.
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Saint-Gobain – Financial Report 2008